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Federal authorities in Connecticut have charged Roland Prejean with allegedly sending more than 50 anthrax hoax and bomber threat letters to judges, government officials and citizens around the country.

“This defendant is alleged to have sent more than 50 letters nationwide, in which he threatened to kill numerous victims, by shooting them, bombing the buildings in which they work or exposing them to a substance that he claimed was, but was not, anthrax,” U.S. Attorney David Fein said in a statement.

“The letters victimized both private citizens and public servants, and resulted in the evacuation of a post office, a town hall and a public school. Such threats cause significant diversions of law enforcement resources, inflict fear in the victims, and result in substantial disruption of public and government services, and they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Prejean turned himself into law enforcement authorities in North Dakota on Sept. 7, authorities said.